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Westerly Konsort |
Brief details
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Builder |
Westerly Marine, Hampshire |
The Westerly Konsort
remains one of the most popular Westerly designs, offering a great
deal of interior space for a 29 foot hull. The most common boats
are bilge-keelers, though fin keel versions and a very few lift-leel
boats were also built. A good Konsort now gives a very capable and quite spacious boat for not that much money. |
LOA |
28' 10" |
Sail area |
513 sq ft main and genoa |
LWL |
25' 6" |
Rig |
Sloop |
Beam |
10' 9" |
Cabins |
2 |
Draught |
5' 4" fin, 3' 3" twin keel, or 3' 6" to 6' 9"
lifting keel |
Berths |
5/6 |
Displacement |
8,516 lbs |
Engine |
Bukh diesel |
Ballast |
3,200 lbs |
BHP |
20 |
Keel type |
Usually fin or twin bilge keels with transom-hung rudder |
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The Westerly Konsort was designed by Laurent
Giles as a mid-sized boat between the 26 foot Centaur and
the Longbow/Berwick/Pentland 31 foot range. She was introduced
in 1979, and remained in production until 1992/93, with over
800 built.
The Konsort rapidly overtook the larger boats in popularity,
as with 15 inches more beam she offered virtually as much
space in a cheaper package. From the mid-80s however, prices
increased significantly, and by 1992 the boat was selling
at over £50,000, and becoming uncompetitive with cheaper
imports.
Early Konsorts were fitted with Volvo engines and a fold-down
saloon table on the bulkhead, but, later boats had Bukh engines
and a central fixed table.
As standard, the Konsort is a stiff boat that is often regarded
as slightly undercanvassed in light winds, although overall
she is not slow.
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